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ENGINE PRN/HMG APPARATUS. APPLICATION man :upv 9.1915.

v and useful improvements in Engine-Prim# which the following vis a ENGINE-PRMING APYARATUS.

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Application filed July 9, 1915. Serial No. 38,949.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, .lossen H. Srnromn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woonsocket, in the countyof Sanborn and State of South Dakota, have invented new ing Apparatus, of specification.

This invention' relates'to engine priming apparatus being especially designed for use in connection with internalcombustion engines of the multiple cylinder f type, the obn ject in view being to provide simple and re-1 liable apparatus whereby priming liquid in predetermined quantities may be conducted to the combustion chambers of the several `cylinders of the engine, without requiring the driver to leave his seat in the machine,

thus enabling the cylinders to be primed one or more times 'until a starting of the engine is edected, the priming apparatus being esp ecially useful in cold weather.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts,

as herein described, illustrated and claimed.

1n the accompanying drawings :--'V Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating the application of the priming apparatus of this invention to an automobile.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail fragmentarysection illustrative of the valve arrangement whereby a predetermined or measured quantity Ofpriming liquid is discharged to each cylinder ofthe engine.

A multiple cylinder engine is conven- I tionally shown at A it being understood that the operator the same is provided withthe usual spark plugs as weil as, priming cups 2, priming' cup valves 3, andvalve operating levers 4.

All. of the valve levers 4 extend in parallel relation to each other and are pivotally connected lat 5 to a common operating rod 6 which extends rearwardly and is connected at 7 to a lever 8 shown as fulcrumed at 9 on the lioor of the machine, the lever 18 enabling to simultaneously' open and simultaneously close all of the valves 3.

An elevated reservoir 10 for primingliq-` .uid is shown as secured tothe dash 11 of the machine,12 designating feed pipes leading from the'bottom of thereservoir 10 to the priming cups-2 into which` measured quanliquid are discharged -as .will hereinafter appeal'. l y

Specicaton of Letters Patent,

Patenten nee a, rara vention, an upper fseries of valves 13l is arv ranged just under the bottom of the reservoir 10 while below the series of valves 13 is arranged -a second or lower series of valves 14. Thus each of the feed pipes 12 has incorporated therein an upper valve 13 and a lower'valve 14 in such spaced relation to each other `as to leave a measuring chamber 15 formed by that portion of the pipe which lies between the valves 13 and 14. |lhe valves 13 are provided with operating arms 16 in parallel relation to each other. and having a pivotal or jointed connection to a common operating rod 17 which is pivotally connected at 18 to a hand lever 19. All of the valves' 14 of the lower seriesv are also providedwith operating arms 20 arrangedin parallel .relation to each other and being connected to a common operating'rod 21 which is pivotally connected at 22 to the lever 19 above referred to. The lever is fulcrumed .at 23 about midway between the D moved to an 'open position while the lower valves 14 are moved to a closed position. This permits the priming liquid to fill. the measuring chambers 15. When the lever 19 is again pushed forward to theA limit of its movement, the valves 13 are moved vto a closed position while the valves 14 are moved to an open position thus allowing a predetermined quantity of priming liquid to ow to the respective priming cups.

Each of the valves 13 and 14, in addition to the main through passage 24 thereof, is provided with an air vent passage or port 25 adapted to register'ata suitable time with a port 26 in the valve casing, the said ports 26.providing for the `flow of the priming liquid into the measuring chambers 15 and thence through the lower portions of the feed pipes 12 tothe priming cups 2. What I 4claim isz- The combination with a multiple cylinder engine having -a priming cup for each cylinder, a rod operatively connected to the valve of each priming cup, a lever for operating said rod to open or close the priming cups simultaneously, at superimposed reservoir, a

feed pipel for each priming cup leading JOSEPH H. STEICHEN.

from said reservoir, a pair of.prima.ry and secondary valves in each pipe inspaeed relation to each other, and a lever independent of the lirsi', named lever for simultaneously o enin or closing the last named valves, l of t e primary and secondary valves havingl air inlet ports.I

. Witnesses:

WALTER MoCmzm-r, A. PETERSON. r

copian of. thm pateii may be obtained for live-acum each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patenlz;` Wanhino, D. 0. 

